Red Clay and Glitter: Tales of a Southern Mama

True and funny stories from the lighter side of raising my sons and daughter. As the Southern mama of this crew, I'm usually somewhere between "Bless your hearts!" and "Y'all act like you got some sense!" If we ever need to find our way home, we just follow the trail of red clay and glitter.

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Monday, September 30, 2019

Grown Man

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(2010) Was stopped at the grocery store tonight by a GROWN MAN WITH TWO CHILDREN who said, "Mrs. Taylor!  Do you remember me?  You were...

No-No

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(2013) I am laughing sooo hard!  There is a commercial on for that hair removal product called the  "No No" and Lily said in all s...

College Boy

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(2016) There is one very happy 18 year old college student in Franklin Springs, GA tonight.  I got a call around 9 PM from Bran ..."Mom...
Sunday, September 29, 2019

Skunks

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(2018) Of course. I’m being eaten alive by mosquitoes sitting at quite possibly the worst football field in Gwinnett County and the two men ...
Saturday, September 28, 2019

Wizard of Oz

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(2013) Lily is loving Wizard of Oz!  So far, her favorite is Glenda the Good Witch (the big sparkly dress and wand gave her a big advantage)...

Bed

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(2014) Lily and I were snuggling in the bed together and I said, "Doesn't your bed feel the best when it has these soft, clean shee...

Research

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(2010) Things you hear yourself saying to a 7th grader supposedly doing his homework at the computer .... "Since when can you research ...
Monday, September 23, 2019

Sentimental

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(2014) Feeling a bit sentimental and philosophical tonight as I have watched my  kids play with a whole basket of dress up clothes and cost...
Sunday, September 22, 2019

Young

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So the lady doing my nails at the Nail Shop says to me, "You have beautiful skin! Don't need makeup!" While I'm still bask...
Saturday, September 21, 2019

Food Pyramid

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(2013) I think I need to have a chat with Lily about the food pyramid ... here is the grocery list she made for me today!!  I'm thinking...

Hair

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(2014) Lily got to choose an item from the dollar store for filling her "teeth brushing" chart for two weeks, so she chose this GO...

Elliptical

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Robert Skeet Taylor, what do you MEAN you think maybe we could get rid of my elliptical machine?!! WHY would you think I’m not using it that...
Wednesday, September 18, 2019

Crate

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I love that after 28 years of being married to an elementary school teacher, my husband doesn’t even bat an eye at my school crate ... no ma...

Played

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(2018) Laughing out loud! Bran just sent me a picture from his dorm showing me that he had MADE his bed (if you know BT, you know this has N...
Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Win

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(2016) Bran ... Concert Dylan ... Gwinnett County Fair Lily ... Pool Me... Pjs on the couch watching Mrs. Marple I win!!! 😀
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